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Old 11-15-2006
equivalent to utime
Hi,

Is there any system call which changes the time of symbolic link apart from utime? or if tere is no system call any other option of how to do it?

Thanks
# 2  
Old 11-15-2006
Depending on the OS, there is utime() and utimes(), sometimes both - like Linux.

You can also use the touch utility from the command line to change filetimes.
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Old 11-15-2006
The problem, if it is a problem, is that utime()/utimes() will affect the target of the symlink, not the symlink itself. A very few Unix versions also have lutimes(). For example:
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web...imes&section=2
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Old 11-15-2006
The OS I am using does not have lutime. And utime changes the target of the symbolic link. So I need a different option in my program to change the time of the symbolic link itself.
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Old 11-16-2006
Why do you need this capability? The only easy thing I can think of is to remove and recreate the symlink. This probably will set the time fields to NOW. And then the only way to backdate is to set the system clock to the desired time during the remove/recreate.
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